Other Details: This commemorative medal was designed by the collector Alfred Chitty to mark the 60th anniversary of the opening of Australia's first railway, the Melbourne to Sandridge line in 1854. Chitty had 50 medals struck. The medal includes the initials of William Alfred Hall, the son of a pioneer of Williamstown and an amateur historian.

TO / COMMEMORATE THE / OPENING OF THE FIRST STEAM / RAILWAY IN AUSTRALIA / MELBOUR NE TO SANDRIDGE 12TH SEP 1854 / AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST / LOCOMOTIVE USED IN / AUSTRALIA / ALSO / EARLY VICTORIAN RAILWAYS / MELBOURNE TO GEELONG, 1857 / MELBOURNE TO ST. KILDA, 1857 / MELBOURNE TO WILLIAMSTOWN, / 1859 / MELBOURNE TO ESSENDON / 1860